1CH 16:13 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX σπέρμα Ἰσραὴλ παῖδες αὐτοῦ, υἱοὶ Ἰακὼβ ἐκλεκτοὶ αὐτοῦ.
(sperma Israaʸl paides autou, huioi Yakōb eklektoi autou. )

UST We are the offsrping of his servant Israel;
⇔ we are the descendants of Jacob whom he has chosen.

OEB No OEB 1CH book available

WEBBE you offspring[fn] of Israel his servant,
⇔ you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

16:13 or, seed

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

MSG ^(8-19)Thank God! Call out his Name!
  Tell the whole world who he is and what he’s done!
Sing to him! Play songs for him!
  Broadcast all his wonders!
Revel in his holy Name,
  God-seekers, be jubilant!
Study God and his strength,
  seek his presence day and night;
Remember all the wonders he performed,
  the miracles and judgments that came out of his mouth.
Seed of Israel his servant!
  Children of Jacob, his first choice!
He is God, our God;
  wherever you go you come on his judgments and decisions.
He keeps his commitments across thousands
  of generations, the covenant he commanded,
The same one he made with Abraham,
  the very one he swore to Isaac;
He posted it in big block letters to Jacob,
  this eternal covenant with Israel:
“I give you the land of Canaan,
  this is your inheritance;
Even though you’re not much to look at,
  a few straggling strangers.”

NET O children of Israel, God’s servant,
⇔ you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

LSV O seed of Israel, His servant,
O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

FBV descendants of Israel, children of Jacob, his chosen people.

T4T We people are the descendants of his servant Jacob;
⇔ we are the people of Israel whom he has chosen.

LEB • O sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!

BBE O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.

Moff No Moff 1CH book available

JPS O ye seed of Israel His servant, ye children of Jacob, His chosen ones.

ASV O ye seed of Israel his servant,
⇔ Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

DRA O ye seed of Israel his servants, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

YLT O seed of Israel, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!

Drby Ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

RV O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Wbstr O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

KJB-1769 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
(O ye/you_all seed of Israel his servant, ye/you_all children of Jacob, his chosen ones. )

KJB-1611 O ye seed of Israel his seruant, ye children of Iacob his chosen ones.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps O ye seede of Abraham his seruaunt, ye his chosen children of Iacob:
(O ye/you_all seed of Abraham his servant, ye/you_all his chosen children of Yacob:)

Gnva O seede of Israel his seruant, O the children of Iaakob his chosen.
(O seed of Israel his servant, O the children of Yacob his chosen. )

Cvdl Ye sede of Israel his seruaunt, ye children of Iacob his chosen.
(Ye/You_all seed of Israel his servant, ye/you_all children of Yacob his chosen.)

Wycl The seed of Israel, his seruaunt, preise thou God; the sones of Jacob, his chosun, preise ye God.
(The seed of Israel, his servant, preise thou/you God; the sons of Yacob, his chosen, preise ye/you_all God.)

Luth ihr, der Same Israels, seines Knechts, ihr Kinder Jakobs, seine Auserwählten.
(ihr, the/of_the Same Israels, his Knechts, you/their/her children Yakobs, his Auserwählten.)

ClVg semen Israël servi ejus, filii Jacob electi ejus.
(semen Israel servi his, children Yacob electi his. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Seeking the Lord

As Israel was on the verge of entering the Promised Land, Moses instructed the people to “seek the Lord . . . at the place of worship he himself will choose from among all the tribes” (Deut 12:5). The Israelites were to rid the land of pagan worship practices and establish the centrality of the worship of God. In the wilderness, they constructed the Tabernacle as the place where God would manifest his presence and where the people would come to worship him. Once they were settled in the Promised Land, they were to build a more permanent sanctuary.

During the period of the judges, the people of Israel often sought the gods of the surrounding nations rather than the one true God. The establishment of the monarchy brought the hope that the entire nation would be unified in the worship of God. However, the first king, Saul, lost the kingdom and his life in part because he sought a medium rather than the Lord (1 Chr 10:13-14). Many of the kings throughout Israel’s history would follow Saul’s example of disobedience and would lead the nation into pagan religious practices.

David, by contrast, was a man after the Lord’s own heart (1 Sam 13:14). As king, one of David’s chief concerns was to restore the prominence of the Ark of the Covenant, which the Israelites had neglected in the days of Saul (1 Chr 13:3). David failed in his first attempt to bring the Ark to Jerusalem because he and the Levites did not seek the Lord’s counsel regarding its transport (13:1-14; 15:13). David later brought the Ark to Jerusalem successfully (15:1–16:1).

The sanctuary and worship in Jerusalem provided a crucial component in seeking the Lord. Once the Ark was situated in the tent prepared for it in Jerusalem, David established a new role for Levites as ministers of music (16:4-6). And David consistently exhorted the leaders to “seek the Lord” in building the Temple (22:19; cp. 28:8-10). Solomon’s first act to consolidate the kingdom was to gather all the leaders together at the altar at Gibeon in order to seek the Lord (2 Chr 1:1-6). The Lord met Solomon there to grant him both wisdom and wealth like that of no other king. Later, Solomon completed the Temple and dedicated it as a place for seeking the Lord (2 Chr 6).

Isaiah the prophet urged those waiting for the fulfillment of God’s promises to seek God: “Seek the Lord while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near” (Isa 55:6). God’s covenant and promise are certain (Isa 55:3), and they are reserved for those who seek the Lord.

Passages for Further Study

1 Chr 10:13-14; 13:3; 16:11-13; 22:19; 28:8-10; 2 Chr 6:19-40; 7:14; Pss 27:4-8; 105:4-6; Isa 55:6-7; Jer 29:13-14; Matt 6:31-33; Rom 2:7

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